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Parents, teachers and union press Chicago Board to enforce resolution to save seven Acero charter schools
Summary
More than two dozen parents, teachers and union leaders used the public comment period of the Chicago Board of Education's Feb. 12 agenda review committee meeting to demand action after Acero announced plans to close seven schools and potentially displace about 2,000 students.
More than two dozen parents, teachers and union leaders used the public comment period of the Chicago Board of Education's Feb. 12 agenda review committee meeting to demand action after Acero's announcement that it planned to close seven schools and displace roughly 2,000 students.
The most repeated demand was that Chicago Public Schools produce and publish a concrete, implementable plan to carry out the board's Dec. 20 resolution directing CPS to "save our schools." "We have been fighting for 126 days to get answers that we still do not have from Acero or CPS," said Caroline Rutherford, CTU Charter Division vice chair and a visual art teacher at Acero Marquez. "Board members ... voted unanimously to keep our schools open. But 53 days after the resolution passed, Acero and CPS have us afraid that they will fail to implement the board's actions."
Why it matters: Acero operates a cluster of charter schools that serve primarily Latinx students in neighborhoods including…
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